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Men's Stovepipe Hat
This stovepipe hat, made from beaver fur, was popular throughout the mid-nineteenth century, but after the 1840s was increasingly made from silk. During the mid-sixteenth …
Meriwether Lewis to Thomas Jefferson, 1805
Captain Meriwether Lewis wrote this letter to President Thomas Jefferson in early April 1805 from Ft. Mandan, near present-day Washburn, North Dakota. It was hand-copied …
Mexican Laborers Pick Potatoes, 1943
This photograph shows Mexican citizens harvesting potatoes in central Oregon during World War II. In 1942, the United States government negotiated with Mexico to import …
Mexican Laborers Weed Sugar Beet Field
This photograph shows Mexican citizens weeding and thinning in an unidentified sugar beet field in Oregon, probably in Malheur County, during World War II. In …
Mining Sections of Idaho and Oregon, 1864
This 1864 map of the mining sections of Idaho and eastern Oregon was drawn by George Woodman and published by San Francisco bookseller Adrien Gensoul. …
Minoru Yasui (1916-1986)
This photograph shows the Yasui Brothers Store at the corner of First and Oak Streets, Hood River, circa 1928. Masuo Yasui, Renichi Fujimoto (also known …
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
This engraving of the Spanish mission San Carlos Borrromeo de Carmelo — present-day Carmel in Monterey Bay, California — was based on a sketch by British midshipman John …
Model of Bruno de Hezeta's Flagship, Santiago
This model in the Oregon Historical Society maritime collection was commissioned by Edmund Hayes, Sr. and completed by Lloyd McCaffery in 1975. It is a …
Model of Covered Wagon
Ivan Collins produced this replica of a mid 19th century covered wagon in 1937. It is a one-eighth scale model of the wagon used by …
Modoc War
This photo, taken shortly after the defeat of the Modoc Indians, shows some of the officers involved in the 1872-1873 conflict between the Modocs and …Interpretive Essays
Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.
